Railboad-tie



W. BURCH.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICA'HON FILED NOV- I. 1918.

1 ,3 1 1 ,946. Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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W. BURCH.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-1. 191s.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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WILLIE BURCH, OF LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application filed November 1, 1918. Serial No. 260,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE Boner-r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Kent and State of Michigran, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the .provision of a railway tie which will be cheap and etlicient and exceedingly durable, as well as one which may be easily connected with the track rails and permit adjustment of the rails.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying (h'awings in which:

Figure l is a perspective vew of a portion of a railroad track, showing my improved tie;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one end of the tie with a portion of a track rail thereon;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, longitudinally of the tie;

Fig. 41 is a central transverse section of the tie;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectionof the tie and the clamp for securing the rail thereon;

Fig. 6 is a plan. view showing a different form of clamp.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a part of the fastening shown in Fig. 6.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a bar 1 which is to be disposed transversely of the track, as shown, and is T-shaped in cross section. The end portions of this bar are to be embedded in and secured by concrete anchors 2, and the track rails 3 rest thereon. A bed plate 7 is also embedded in the concrete anchor 2 and this plate is substantially U-shaped, the ends being provided with eyes 4 and 6, and secured to the bar 1 by bolts or pins 8,inserted through the said eyes and the stem 5 of the T-shaped bar 1, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5. The intermediate basal portion of this plate or bracket 7 is disposed below the stem of the bar 1 and extends longitudinally thereof, as will be readily understood, said basal portion being riveted, as shown at 9, to the basal portion 10 of a similar bracket or plate 11 which is disposed transversely to the bar 1 and has its ends turned upwardly and riveted, as shown at 12, to a bed plate 13 dis posed at a right angle to the bar 1 and 1ongitudinally of and directly under the rail The central portion of this bed plate 13 is bent downwardly and doubled on itself, as shown at 14, so as to embrace the stem of the T-shaped main bar 1, and pass through a. notch 15 formed longitudinally in the lower edge of the said stem. As shown clearly in F .ig. 5, this doubled portion 14 of the bed plate 13 fits between the stem and the basal portion of the bracket or anchoring plate 7 so that there is no unoccupied space and the parts are arranged in intimate contact. so as to thoroughly brace and support one another.

Anchoring rings 16 are secured in any convenient or preferred manner to the lower portions of the brackets or plates 7 and 10 and are embedded in the concrete anchor 2, as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, so that if cracks should form in the anchor the concrete will still be held together and will not disintegrate, but will continue to furnish a firm durable support for the track.

The track rails are laid across the bar 1 and extend over and longitudinally of the brackets or plates 13. To secure the rails in position, I employ clamps 17 which consist of plates disposed transversely of the bar 1 and each provided at one end with a hook 18 to engage around the adjacent edge of the said bar, while at the opposite end it is provided with an eye 19 which will lie adjacent the edge of the bar, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 5. The under portions or ends of the hook 18 and the eye or loop 19 fit in seats 20 formed in the upper surfaces of the bed plates or brackets 13 so that they will be held against movement longitudinally of the rail, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 5, and to prevent movement of the clamp relative to the tie, pins 21 are inserted through the several eyes or loops 19 and tapered locking keys 22 are then driven downwardly through the clamp plates between the said pins 21 and the edge of the tie, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, so that a wedging action is exerted be tween the tie and the pins 21 and the parts are firmly secured together. The inner edges of the clamping plates are provided with tongues or lips which engage over the base flanges of the rails and thereby hold the rails to the tie. It will be noted that no threaded bolts and nuts are employed in the device as so far described, so that the loosening of bolts due to stripping of'the threads of the same is avoided. The arrangement shown and described will possess suflicient strength to hold the rails in proper position on the tie and withstand the loosening effect generally resulting from the jarring action of trains passing over the track. To prevent spreading of the rails on curves it may be found advantageous to employ an additional stop or anchor plate 24 which will be disposed transversely of the tie 1 at the outer sides of the track rails and anchored to the tieby bolts 25, inserted through the tops of said plates into the tie, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a form of rail clamp which may be found advantageous in winter or whenever or wherever it is found necessary to shim up the rails. In this form of clamp the clamp plates 30 are the same in construction and manner of application to the tie as the clamp plate 17, except that the lips which engage over the base flanges of the rails are omitted and bolts '31 are secured in and project upwardly from the clamp will permit the bolts 31 to pass through said plates, the ends of the plates projecting over the base flanges of the rails, as shown at 34, and nuts 35 being mounted upon the ends of the bolts and. turned home against the said flange engaging plates so as to secure them firmly against the rail. The plates 32 are disposed at a slight inclination relative to the tie 1 and the clamping plates 30 so that they will effectually bear upon and engage the base flanges of the track rails, notwithstanding that shims may be inserted under the rails. At the outer side of the track, I- provide an anchoring clamp consisting of a central plate36 adapted to fit over the plate 32 and having its ends formed into hooks, and end plates 37 and 38 having oppositely extending hooks formed at its opposite ends, theoverhanging hooks at the innerends of said plates engaging the hooks at the ends of the plate 36 and the underlying hooks at the outer ends of said plates %7 and 88 engaging the edges of the main It will be readily appreciated that my improved tie is very simple and inexpensive in its construction; the parts may be readily assembled, and easily embedded in a concrete anchor poured or otherwise formed around them; The track rails may be easily and readily secured in place upon the tie and when secured in position'will be firmly held.

2. The combination of a plastic anchor,

a tie bar T-shaped in cross section with the stem of the T embedded in said anchor, and a bed plate disposed transversely of the tie bar and'having its central portion turned downwardly and doubled on itself to em 7 brace the stem of the T.

3. The combination of a plastic anchor, a .tie bar T-shaped in cross section and having its stem embedded in the anchor, the lower edge of said stem being provided with a notch, a transverse bed plate having a central portion turned downwardly and doubled on itself to embrace the stem of the T and pass through said notch, a longitudinal bed plate connected at its ends to the tie and having its intermediate portion embedded in the anchor below the stem of the T and the said transversely disposed bed plate, and a second U-shaped transverse bed plate having its ends secured to the first mentioned transverse bed plate and its i ntermediate portion embedded in the anchor and secured to the bottom of the longitudinal bed plate.

4-. The combination of a tie bar, rails passing across said bar, plastic anchors at the ends of the bar, bed plates embedded in said anchor and connected with the tie bar, one of said plates being provided withseats adjacent the edges of the tie bar, a clamping plate having its ends fitting in said seats with one of the ends engaging the adjacent edge of the tie bar, means carried by said plates for engaging the base flanges ofthe rails, and means for securing said clamping plates to the tie bars. 7

5. The combination of a tie bar, a plastic anchor in which a portion of the tie bar is embedded, a bed plate embedded in said anchor and having seats in its upperpor tion, a clamping plate disposed across the YVILIJIE BURCH. [1,. s.]

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